MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Unemployed workers in Michigan can still claim their jobless benefits even though state offices are closed today and tomorrow for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Unemployment Insurance Agency says Michigan’s automated response voice interactive network, known as MARVIN, is available through Saturday. Officials say because of the holiday, [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Marquette Senior High School is holding its annual 5K and 10K Turkey Trot Run/Walk from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. today. The race starts at the High School and heads west along Fair Avenue to the multi-use path where it will then cross Fair Avenue and proceeds [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – An Upper Peninsula judge has upheld a Department of Natural Resources order making it illegal to possess exotic swine in Michigan. Marquette County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Solka rejected claims that the state’s ban on ownership of animals known as wild boar, feral swine or razorbacks is [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Cliffs Natural Resources Incorporated has announced plans to curtail production next year at the Empire Mine in Marquette County. The curtailment, which is scheduled to begin early in the second quarter of 2013, is part of an overall plan by the company to match iron ore production [...]
Continue reading …Three Men Awaiting Sentencing After Trespassing, Drunk, Disorderly Charges
November 20, 2012 No Comment
MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Three men are awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to trespassing and drunk and disorderly charges in connection with a recent incident on the north breakwall in the City of Marquette. 24-year-old John Pires of Mukwanago, Wisconsin, 24-year-old Ryan Doyle of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 23-year-old Joseph Stieber of [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a breaking and entering Sunday night at a Palmer business. The incident was reported around 10:40 p.m. at Fran’s Service Station when the owner was returning home and saw two men coming out of a basement window of the business [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – State Police at the Negaunee Post responded to a single-vehicle traffic accident north of Grimes Road on M-35 in Negaunee Township Sunday morning. Troopers say the driver of a southbound car lost control on the icy roadway just after 7 a.m., left the roadway and hit a [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Helen Milliken, former Michigan first lady, has died. She was 89. Millliken, wife of former Governor William Milliken, was Michigan’s longest serving first lady. Milliken was also known as a longtime supporter of womens rights and environmental issues. Reports say she recently had been receiving hospice care [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – No injuries were reported in a garage fire yesterday afternoon in Manistique Township. Manistique Public Safety were called by one of the homeowners just before 4 p.m. about the fire at 5560W River Road. The large pole building was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on [...]
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MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – An Upper Michigan lawmaker has introduced legislation replacing a mix of several mining taxes with a single severance tax. State Representative Matt Huuki says he has introduced the bills so U.P. based mining companies could help create jobs and become stronger financially. According to Huuki, the legislation [...]
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